If someone in the seat next to you starts to bother you while flying coach, just open up your laptop so that he/she can see your screen and go to this site:

http://www.thecleverest.com/countdown.swf

ETA: To keep 01101001 from making a third post admonishing me about not describing the link - It's a 10-second countdown with some Arabic text at the top, designed to look like a countdown to an explosion of some sort.

ETA: For those who take things too seriously - this is a JOKE.

How about a verbal description for those of us for whom it only displays an empty white browser page? Or, for those who like to know what they're going to see?

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0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 ...

WARNING: Do not ever, ever do this ever.

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"Every book is a children's book if the kid can read." - Mitch Hedberg
"Distance doesn’t matter much in space, where if you just start a thing off with the right kind of shove, sooner or later it will get where you want it to go." -Frederik Pohl, Mining the Oort

Works for IE. Are you using another browser?

It sort of ruins the effect to describe it. It won't get you in trouble at work or home - just on a plane.

Actually; that one is rather old (I saw it a few years ago).

Besides, I would probably put that in movie cliches anyway.

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Numbers are not case sensitive. (me)

It's at least a couple years old - I was just clearing my old BS bookmarks and saw it again.

I laughed.


It's a large-font countdown clock with some arabic script..starts countdown at 10 seconds

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I was just sitting here contemplating the immortal words of Socrates who said, "I drank what?"

"Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot." --Carl Sagan "Pale Blue Dot"

Maybe someone here can translate the "arabic" script - if it isn't gibberish.

Just wanted to repeat that, in case anyone didn't catch it the first time.

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It probably says "Eat at Mahatma's" or something lol.

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I was just sitting here contemplating the immortal words of Socrates who said, "I drank what?"

"Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot." --Carl Sagan "Pale Blue Dot"

I just hope it doesn't say something awful.

If you can read this you are to close.

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If it's just us, it seems like an awful waste of space.
Contact Carl Sagan

Never, do you hear me? Under no possible circumstances. EVER.

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"If this were play'd upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction."
Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
Illuminati's Razor-The most complicatedly evil answer is usually the most correct answer. - Fazor
"Every book is a children's book if the kid can read." - Mitch Hedberg
"Distance doesn’t matter much in space, where if you just start a thing off with the right kind of shove, sooner or later it will get where you want it to go." -Frederik Pohl, Mining the Oort

Should do it work with a supervisor over my shoulder.

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If it's just us, it seems like an awful waste of space.
Contact Carl Sagan

Just hope no one is perusing BAUT while on a flight.

Not even on a dare.

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"If this were play'd upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction."
Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
Illuminati's Razor-The most complicatedly evil answer is usually the most correct answer. - Fazor
"Every book is a children's book if the kid can read." - Mitch Hedberg
"Distance doesn’t matter much in space, where if you just start a thing off with the right kind of shove, sooner or later it will get where you want it to go." -Frederik Pohl, Mining the Oort

If you've got internet access on a flight, you're probably violating the Cell Phone ban anyway.

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Do try not to take me too seriously.

I thought that cell phones were being allowed now? (I haven't flown in years and hope never to have to again . . .)

Nope. They still have to be off, and Mythbusters showed why. Laptops with no wireless connection are allowed.

PS, don't do it.

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"If this were play'd upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction."
Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
Illuminati's Razor-The most complicatedly evil answer is usually the most correct answer. - Fazor
"Every book is a children's book if the kid can read." - Mitch Hedberg
"Distance doesn’t matter much in space, where if you just start a thing off with the right kind of shove, sooner or later it will get where you want it to go." -Frederik Pohl, Mining the Oort

You can use one while on the ground, even while taxiing after landing, but not while in the air. Messes with the instruments.

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I was just sitting here contemplating the immortal words of Socrates who said, "I drank what?"

"Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory